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Sample of authors
Egholm, Elsebeth
The Danish author Elsebeth Egholm was born in Nyborg and grew up in Lisbjerg. Her parents owned a garden centre and rented out rooms to students and Turkish guest workers. Egholm and her brothers were brought up in an open-minded environment surrounded by people from different backgrounds.
She began to play the piano when she was eight years old and attended the Jutland conservatory for four...
Literary figures
Morten Martens
Gender: Male
A divorced foreman in a printing works in Trondheim, Norway, with a daughter, an everyday, friendly appearance, and a dream of becoming rich. Morten Martens makes an attempt by printing counterfeit pound banknotes, which results in political unrest internationally, and he has to flee and live under various assumed names. In the books by Fredrik Skagen he often finds himself in trouble on account...